I grew up in Florida where my venture into horticulture began early with lawn maintenance as my first paying job.  I moved to Tallahassee in 1979 and worked at a nursery and garden center while pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Geography from Florida State University.  A desire to blend my love of nature with landscape design led me to the University of Georgia where I received a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture with an emphasis on ecological design and management.  Since then, I have worked with a variety of public and private organizations on landscape conservation projects at the regional, community, neighborhood and backyard levels.  As a naturalist, conservationist and landscape designer my goal is to create appealing gardens that bring nature closer to people.   

Publications

Create a Habitat for Happy, Healthy Songbirds.  Tallahassee Democrat.  Thursday, December 20, 2007

Plant a Hedge for Songbirds.  Tallahassee Democrat.  Thursday, January 17, 2008

Hedgerow Design and Management for Songbirds.  Apalachee Audubon.  Volume 106, No. 6, March 2008

Enhance Your Backyard Wildlife Viewing with Natural Habitat Landscaping.  Florida Wildlife.  March/April 2008

The Naturalist:  Less Lawn, More Time.  Forest Heights/Holly Hills Happenings. Volume 8, April 2008

Learn About Sustainable Gardens at Open House.  Tallahassee Democrat.  Thursday, May 15, 2008

Here’s a Sensible Solution: less lawn, less mowing, more wildlife.  Tallahassee, Democrat.  Thursday, September 18, 2008

Oldfield Meadow Gardens.  Tallahassee, Democrat.  Thursday, October 23, 2008

Help Sustain Our Urban Forest.  Tallahassee, Democrat, November 27, 2008

Views from the Road.  1995.  Island Press.  Washington, D.C.

Between Forest and Field:  Management of the Shrubland Sere as Songbird Habitat at Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens, Georgia.  Masters Degree Landscape Architecture Thesis.  University of Georgia. 1990

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